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Germans reflect on historic day

The ninth of November carries both positive and negative connotations for Germans. It's the date the Berlin Wall came down - but also an anniversary of Nazi brutality. Germany's president says the two are linked.

On Friday, events were held in Germany to commemorate both the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989 and the Kristallnacht, also known as the Night of Broken Glass.

It was on November 9, 1938, that Nazi paramilitary troops (SA) and civilians embarked on a day of attacks against Jewish people and their property across Germany and Austria.